Flood!

With the warmer weather, the barn is now flooding. It's not too bad at this point but if we get the rain the weatherman is predicting, I expect the entire barn will be flooded. For the past two days I've had to feed Sam in a different stall. His stall is starting to flood and there's no where for the water to go.

Unfortunately the water runs right into the barn. Rain and Sam's stalls are going to get the brunt of it but I'm sure that the entire barn will have water in it. I'm not exactly sure how to keep the water out. Everything was built on the downslope of a hill. It's not very noticeable at first, until you realize that water is running into the barn, garage, dog house, chicken coop, and house. Yeah, that's right, I said the house. I'm sure that over the years, the ground has heaved, the buildings have sunk, and more dirt has been brought in, so that's why I'm having problems with water in the buildings.

I just hope that the weather stays warm so I don't have to have the horses in the barn. I can deal with Sam in the barn but having half the herd in the barn with water in it is just a bit too much. I still need to haul everything out of the barn. It's amazing how much stuff accumulates in the barn over a year. The barn flooded last year too but it wasnt' this bad this early.

I figure I better move everything out of the barn so it doesn't get wet and when the humidity sets in, nothing will rust. I had that same problem last year with all my hardware rusting. Very annoying. I have to dig out the snowdrift in front of the tack room so I can start moving everything into there for the next several months.

And to top it off, the weatherman is predicting rain. Yes that's right. Rain. So on top of the three to four foot snowdrift in the yard (which covers the entire yard), we'll be dealing with up to a half inch of rain.

I think I may have to move the mares into a different pen. Their pasture takes the water run off. Unfortunately I have the three alfalfa bales sitting right where the water runs off. So now I'm really in a pickle. I don't have a tractor to move those bales. Luckily I'm almost done with one of the bales but that still leaves me with two bales to content with during the spring thaw. I have increased the mares alfalfa intake and reduced their hay intake. I'm sure it's completely wrong but I don't want to let the alfalfa go to waste and I'm not sure what else to do with those darn bales.

As always, there's something going on here at Borderlands.